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Award-winning, University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist Kelsy Burke, Ph.D., chats with Trey Elling about THE PORNOGRAPHY WARS: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF AMERICA\'S OBSCENE OBSESSION. Topics include:

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• How she ended up writing this book (0:50)
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• A definition of \\u2018pornography\\u2019 (2:02)
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• The subjectivity of \\u2018offensive\\u2019 (3:33)
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• The genesis of the US porn wars around Civil War times (4:17)
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• George Francis Train as one of the first porn defenders (6:24)
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• J. Edgar Hoover\\u2019s \\u201cObscene File\\u201d (8:22)
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• Both sides of the porn wars feeling empowerment in 1957 (10:00)
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• Common ground on porn for hardcore feminists & Christian women in \\u201860s & \\u201870s\\xa0 (12:37)
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• Nixon\\u2019s war on porn backfiring (14:03)
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• What sparked a golden era for porn in the 1970s (17:14)
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• Rev. Jerry Falwell\\u2019s impact on the porn wars (18:39)
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• The VHS saving porn (21:33)
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• The relationship between the internet and porn (22:45)
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• An explanation of sex trafficking (24:50)
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• How often sex trafficking is a part of porn (26:27)
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• Similarities between diametrically opposed sex trade expos (28:43)
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• The complications of a California bill to require male porn actors to wear condoms for intercourse (31:28)
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• A horrifying example regarding the complications of consent (33:31)
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• Where women go to work when they try to leave the sex industry (36:28)
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• Feminist porn (38:04)
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• How watching porn is potentially harmful (41:08)
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• Is porn addictive? (42:49)
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• Youth sex education & porn (46:06)
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• Is \\u2018porn\\u2019 sex \'real\\u2019 sex (50:47)
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